Humans turn the places they live into great crowded piles of mud and stone, like the nests termites build--but what happens when in all the world there are termite hills left but no bush? Tad Williams More Quotes by Tad Williams More Quotes From Tad Williams We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. Tad Williams honesty fear lying Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey. Tad Williams inspiring memories travel You show me what someone listens to, I’ll tell you everything you want to know about his soul. (For instance, a bunch of Nickelback albums would have indicated he never had a soul in the first place.) Tad Williams albums soul want ...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce. Tad Williams fries coca-cola wine Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important. Tad Williams important writing people You are only a prisoner when you surrender. Tad Williams prisoner surrender A well-aimed spear is worth three. Tad Williams spears wells three Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy. Tad Williams never-trust philosophy people After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and impose a beginning, middle, and end on it, like the simplest and most profound of folktales, to reflect the shapes of our own tiny lives? And if the physicists are right, that the physical world changes as it is observed, and we are its only known observers, then might we not be bending the entire chaotic universe, the eternal, ever-active Now, to fit that familiar form? Tad Williams bending profound world As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney. Tad Williams speak-no-evil would-be want Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered. Tad Williams eyebrows doctors heart Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery. Tad Williams down-and sleep lying I mean, you could lie here day after day, if you wanted to, and think about nothing but waterbugs. Not chase waterbugs, mind you, just think about them. You could spend your whole day, every day, just wondering and pondering about waterbugs, and talking to others about waterbugs . . . and before you realized it, you'd be old. One day you'd realize that you'd never actually seen a waterbug . . . but by then you wouldn't want to, because it would spoil all your beautiful ideas. Tad Williams beautiful mean lying Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead. Tad Williams cocky lazy Remember that each light between sunrise and sunset is worth dying for at least once. Tad Williams sunrise sunset light If the bears don't get you, it's home. Tad Williams ifs bears home When your teeth are gone, learn to like mush. Tad Williams teeth gone Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent. Tad Williams dancing dance inspirational Every man is the hero of his own song. Tad Williams hero song men Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger. Tad Williams stronger honesty lying
